Raritan CommandCenter Secure Gateway Quick setup guide

Brand: Raritan

Model: CommandCenter Secure Gateway

Type: Quick setup guide

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CC-SG Virtual Appliance Evaluation

This Quick Setup Guide explains how to install and configure the CommandCenter Secure Gateway. CommandCenter Secure

Gateway is Raritan's management software platform engineered to consolidate secure access and control of IT devices.

For details on using the CommandCenter Secure Gateway, access online help from the application or the Support page

http://www.raritan.com/support on the Raritan website.

Evaluation Version Limitations

The evaluation version of CommandCenter Secure Gateway

provides full functionality, with several exceptions:

• Limit of 16 nodes.

• Limit of 1 NIC. IP Isolation Mode and IP Failover Mode not

supported.

• Clusters, Neighborhoods, and Upgrades not supported.

Prerequisites

The CC-SG virtual appliance evaluation can be installed on:

1. Free VMware Workstation Player

2. VMware ESXi

3. Hyper-V

 For all installations, you need:

• 10GB datastore

• 4GB free memory

 To install on VMware Workstation Player, you need:

• VMware Player 15.5.

▪ Available for free download from VMware's website,

www.vmware.com

• CommandCenter Secure Gateway Virtual Appliance Evaluation

zipped .OVF file downloaded to local client.

▪ Go to

https://www.raritan.com/landing/free-ccsg-download to

Workstation Player.

 To install on VMware ESX or ESXi, you need:

• VMware ESXi 6.5, 6.7, or 7.0.

• CommandCenter Secure Gateway Virtual Appliance Evaluation

zipped .OVF file downloaded to local client.

▪ Go to

https://www.raritan.com/landing/free-ccsg-download to

 To install on Hyper-V, you need:

• Hyper-V feature enabled on a Windows 2019/2016/2012/10

client.

• Access to Hyper-V Manager.

• CommandCenter Secure Gateway Virtual Appliance Evaluation

zipped .VHDX file downloaded to local client.

▪ Go to

https://www.raritan.com/landing/free-ccsg-download to

Install the Virtual Appliance Evaluation on VMware®

Workstation Player

1. Unzip the Virtual Appliance Evaluation file you downloaded

from www.raritan.com. The vccsg_eval_<release number>.OVF

file is included in the .ZIP.

2. Log in to VMware Workstation Player.

3. Choose Player > File > Open.

4. Locate the .OVF file and select it. Click Open.

5. The virtual machine name and directory appear. Click Import.

A status bar indicates the progress of the import process.

6. When complete, the virtual machine appears and is ready to

launch. Click Play Virtual Machine.

If a Software Updates message appears, click Remind Me

Later.

7. Wait several minutes while the virtual appliance starts. The

local console opens with a login prompt. See Log in to

Diagnostic Console to Set CC-SG IP Address (on page 3) for next

steps.

Install the Virtual Appliance Evaluation on VMware

ESXi

1. Unzip the Virtual Appliance Evaluation file you downloaded

from www.raritan.com. The vccsg_eval_<release number>.OVF

file is included in the .ZIP.

2. Connect to the ESXi from your client computer using vSphere.

3. Log in as a user that has permission to create, start, and stop

virtual machines.

4. Choose File > Deploy OVF Template.

5. Select Deploy From File then click Browse to go to the directory

where you unzipped the files.

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6. Select the .OVF file. Click Next.

7. Details about the virtual machine display. You can change the

default name of the virtual machine. Click Next.

8. Select the inventory location. Click Next.

9. Select the Host where you want to deploy the CommandCenter

Secure Gateway. Click Next.

10. If you selected a cluster, select the specific host. Click Next.

11. Choose the datastore where all files will be stored. Make sure

the datastore has 10GB free. Select thin provisioned if the

datastore supports it. Click Next.

12. Choose the network your CC-SG is being deployed on. Click

Next.

13. View the summary then click Finish. Wait several minutes while

the virtual machine is created.

14. Power on the virtual machine.

15. Open the Console tab to access the Diagnostic Console of

CC-SG. See Log in to Diagnostic Console to Set CC-SG IP

Address (on page 3) for next steps.

Install the Virtual Appliance on Hyper-V

1. Extract the VHDF file from the CC-SG installation zip file.

2. In Hyper-V Manager, make sure your local machine is selected

in the left panel, then choose Action > New > Virtual Machine...

to open the New Virtual Machine wizard.

3. In the Before you Begin page, click Next.

4. Enter a name for the VM, and choose a location to store the

VM. Click Next.

5. In the Specify Generation page, select Generation 1 only. CC-SG

does not support Generation 2. Click Next.

6. In the Assign Memory page, change the Startup Memory to

4GB (4096MB). Make sure that "Use Dynamic Memory for this

virtual machine" is NOT selected. Click Next.

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7. In the Configure Networking page, select the network

configuration in your client environment. Click Next.

8. In the Connect Virtual Hard Disk page, select "Use an existing

virtual hard disk", then click Browse to select the .VHDX file

extracted earlier. Click Next.

9. A summary of the VM displays. Click Finish.

10. Start the new VM, and launch the console. For next steps, go to

3).

1. Log in as admin/raritan. Usernames and passwords are

case-sensitive.

2. You will be prompted to change the local console password.

a. Type the default password (raritan) again.

b. Type and then confirm the new password.

3. Press CTRL+X when you see the Welcome screen.

4. Choose Operation > Network Interfaces > Network Interface

Config. The Administrator Console appears.

5. In the Configuration field, select DHCP or Static. If you select

Static, type a static IP address. If needed, specify DNS servers,

netmask, and gateway address.

6. Select Save.

Default CC-SG Settings

IP Address: DHCP

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Username/Password: admin/raritan

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Reboot the System After a DHCP Configuration

If you configured the CC-SG to use DHCP, you must reboot the

system.

• In the local console, choose Operation > Admin > CC-SG System

Reboot.

Once CC-SG has restarted, you can log in to CC-SG from a remote

client.

1. Launch a supported browser and type the URL of the CC-SG:

https://<IP address>/admin.

For example, https://192.168.0.192/admin.

Note: The default setting for browser connections is

HTTPS/SSL encrypted.

2. When the security alert window appears, accept the

connection.

3. You will be warned if you are using an unsupported Java

Runtime Environment version. Follow the prompts to either

download the correct version, or continue. The Login window

appears.

4. Type the default username (admin) and password (raritan) and

click Login.

The CC-SG Admin Client opens. You are prompted to change your

password. Strong passwords are enforced for admin.

Next Steps

After evaluating , you can create a backup file of your test

configuration and restore it to a full-version CC-SG.

Additional Information

For more information about CommandCenter Secure Gateway and the entire Raritan

product line, see Raritan's website (www.raritan.com). For technical issues, contact

Raritan Technical Support. See the Contact Support page in the Support section on

Raritan's website for technical support contact information worldwide.

Raritan's products use code licensed under the GPL and LGPL. You can request a copy

of the open source code. For details, see the Open Source Software Statement at

(https://www.raritan.com/about/legal-statements/open-source-software-statement/)

on Raritan's website.

Raritan CommandCenter Secure Gateway Quick setup guide

Raritan CommandCenter Secure Gateway Quick setup guide

Raritan CommandCenter Secure Gateway Quick setup guide

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